Political Participation among the Young in Australia: Testing Dalton's Good Citizen Thesis

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-226

  Martin, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

good citizen; political participation; Russell Dalton; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862290557     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2012.677003     Document Type: Article

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